Sub Pop Announces 20th Anniversary Bash
20 years ago this month, Sub Pop Records' Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman threw caution (and their dayjobs) to the wind and rented an office in Seattle's Terminal Sales Building. Two decades on, that little Pacific Nortwestern upstart has become an indie juggernaut.
In celebration of 20 years of putting out amazing records, Sub Pop is throwing itself quite a birthday party. The SP20 Festival will go down July 12-13 at Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington (just outside of Seattle). And they've managed to pull quite a few bands from the ether to join the party. In addition to the Fluid, SP20 has nabbed reunions from proto-grungers Green River (members of which would go on to form Mudhoney-- who are also playing SP20-- and Pearl Jam), proto-Califoners Red Red Meat, Tacoma punks Seaweed, and California psych-country crew Beachwood Sparks.
Of course, the current Sub Pop stable will show these old folks what's what, with appearances from Iron & Wine, Low, No Age, Wolf Parade, Fleet Foxes, Flight of the Conchords, Pissed Jeans, the Ruby Suns, Foals, Comets on Fire, Grand Archives, Kinski, and the Helio Sequence. More performers are expected to be announced soon. SP20 kicks off July 11 with a comedy show at Seattle's Moore Theatre, featuring comedians Eugene Mirman, Patton Oswalt, Todd Barry, and more.
Both the Sub Pop staff as well as the acts performing will choose a group of charities to be the recipients of proceeds from the festivities.
The anniversary celebration doesn't stop with just the party, though. The label will also relaunch a limited run of the infamous Sub Pop singles club, and kick off an extensive reissue series with an expanded edition of Mudhoney's 1988 EP Superfuzz Bigmuff on May 20.
Hey, happy birthday, you lot!
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